A significant development has emerged in the 190 million pounds case at the Islamabad High Court, where counsel for former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi has objected to the court’s order granting a final deadline for arguments on appeals.
Barrister Salman Safdar, representing the couple, raised objections over the court’s directive regarding the final time limit for concluding arguments in the case. The counsel termed the order harsh, unjustified, and unfair in light of the case facts.
In two separate miscellaneous petitions filed on behalf of Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi, the stance was adopted that jail meetings were not being facilitated and signatures on vakalatnamas were not being obtained, preventing legal proceedings from moving forward.
The petitions requested the court to order jail authorities to allow meetings with Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi and to ensure that signatures on vakalatnamas are obtained for filing appeals in the Supreme Court.
It was further stated in the petitions that no adjournment request had been made between March 19, 2025 and April 30, 2026, and that the first adjournment request was made on May 7 on genuine grounds.
The plea argued that both petitioners were affected by the April 30 court decision and are entitled to file appeals against it.